Computer-Mediated Inter-Organizational Knowledge-Sharing: Insights from a Virtual Team Innovating Using a Collaborative Tool

Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ)

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 44-53

  Majchrzak, Ann ^a   Rice, Ronald E ^b   King, Nelson ^a   Malhotra, Arvind ^c   Ba, Sulin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 85001610895     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2000010104     Document Type: Article

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